Here’s how you disable this terrible integration.įind the Skype Video app (chances are you didn’t even know it was on your phone), tap More (“…”) in the menu bar at the bottom, and then choose Settings. (Also, the tile for the Messaging app routinely tells me I have 99+ unread messages, which is a Skype bug.) Notifications are delivered inconsistently or not at all to certain devices, messages you’ve dealt with elsewhere still pop up as new conversations, and so on. But the big one is that Skype-as a network or service-is basically broken today. I prefer to access Skype that way, for a variety of reasons. Integration aside, you can of course get all this functionality via the dedicated Skype app, which works as it does on other platforms, as a standalone solution with its own user interface and notifications. As you may recall, the Messaging app in the initial version of Windows Phone 7 OS supported this kind of functionality, but between text messages and Windows Live Messenger. In fact, you can transition between the two midstream, which is a key bit of functionality. The first two of those apps, Messaging and Phone, are hybrid apps in the sense that they can work over both traditional cell networks and technologies, or with Skype. Skype Video lets you engage in audio and video calls with your contacts, using Skype. The Phone app can be used to place traditional phone calls, but it can also acts as a front-end for Skype audio calls. It can use traditional SMS/MMS messaging or Skype. The Messaging app is used to sent instant messages (IMs) with people in your contacts list. Windows 10 Mobile, like Windows 10 for PCs, includes three apps that tie into the Skype ecosystem. But if you find this integration irritating-as I do-you can simply disable it and use the dedicated Skype app instead. In a nice nod to the platform’s past, Windows 10 Mobile enables Skype integration across key Windows 10 Mobile apps like Phone and Messaging.
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